[Artemisia] Sorry, this is a gripe and complaint

[Jacquie Ziegler]

Jeri Foster wrote:
> Greetings All,
> I thank you for all your comments. I really do like to see a discussion on a subject, because if we thrash it about a bit, sometimes we can come up with solutions to a problem.
>
> I tried very hard when writing the original email not to point any fingers, more in the line of sort of a handwaving, because I don't know whose job it is. What I have seen since I have been in the Kingdom for the last 2 years is a continuing problem of "what happens in Court, stays in Court." There are so many forms of communications these days that I just feel that somehow things could be working better in this area.
>
> I'm hoping that if I foment a bit a conversation on the subject, that those in charge will see that there is a need and that the need is filled. That's all.
>
> Thanks again,
> Mistress Jerilyn
>
>   
Speaking as a senior Herald in the Kingdom, and one who has done MANY 
Courts, here is what SHOULD
be happening behind the thrones:

Herald conducts Court business for the seating Royalty/Nobility and 
fills in a Court Reporting Form, listing
all OP awards that are given. Recognitions and thank-yous are done, but 
not recorded unless attached to
an award.

As soon as possible after Court ends, that herald gets signatures from 
the individuals who gave out the
awards on the Court Reporting Form.

The instructions at the top of the form read as follows:

BEGIN COPY

INSTRUCTIONS: Please PRINT ALL ENTRIES! The reporting herald must 
complete a minimum of five (5) copies of this form. Send 1 copy each to: 
Wormwood Pursuivant, Sable Plume Pursuivant, Golden Wing Principal 
Herald, and the Royalty presenting the award. Retain one copy for your 
local files. One copy to the local herald of each group of residence of 
the award recipients is considered a good thing.

END COPY

So, having one master form, signed, and running off a few copies should 
not be too big a hassle. The postage
costs should be reimbursed by the local group, if that is an issue (and 
for some of us, it can be).

This procedure allows for the heralds, the scribes and the nobility to 
all have the same information at about the
same time.

Baroness Shauna of Carrick Point
Golden Wing Emeritus

(If anyone needs copies of the Court Reporting Form, please contact me 
privately - I have two blanks saved in
Word and am happy to share them.)